My God. I can still remember, all too vividly, the day I went for an ultrasound only to be told that the baby had died. That was at an early stage in the pregnancy, and I suppose there was a little consolation in the fact that, undoubtedly, it was never viable. I was nevertheless incredibly distressed. I can't imagine the sheer horror of having to make the decision to terminate at a later stage when the foetus is well developed, which would magnify the distress a hundredfold. But to have to go through the process described in that article on top of it - words fail me. The whole rigmarole is ludicrous in any circumstances, but even if the legislature honestly think it's a good idea, how on earth could they be so lacking in imagination and compassion as to fail to make provision for exceptions in cases like this?

Bags of infected shite like GOP legislators shouldn't be allowed to exist, let alone make laws that affect other people. Utter cunts, and beyond fucking belief.

It's another week where I'm spotting some odd contrasts on rightwing language.

On Thursday we had JSP burbling about "THEY should do anything to get a job" and 5 minutes later "Screw the jobs, those windmills are spoiling the view".

The story here appears to reinforce the old "Republicans value live from conception to the moment of birth" saying.Mandatory counselling and cooling off periods for terminations.Contrast with their active opposition to waiting periods, training, or competency tests to obtain firearms.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. Aristotle

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This week the Georgia State legislature debated a bill in the House, that would make it necessary for a woman to carry a stillborn baby until she 'naturally' goes into labor just as, according to Representative Terry England, pregnant cows and pigs do.